The Federal Government will wait for the Governor-General to contact it
before deciding whether to hold a royal commission into the death in
custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island in Queensland last year.
Hundreds of Palm Island residents have signed a petition calling for the
high-level inquiry, saying they are unhappy with the Queensland
Government's investigation into the death.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Amanda Vanstone says their petition was
addressed to the Governor-General.
She says she will wait until he contacts the Federal Government about
the matter.
"It was directed to him, not to me," Senator Vanstone told the National
Press Club in Canberra.
"I'm sure that if he wishes to seek my advice or the Government's advice
on this matter, he will. The Government will give him such advice as it
considers appropriate on that matter." |
